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TAHAN EXPEDITION. 



Chinese species Sc. castaneoventris, and the fact that it occurs chiefly 

 on the eastern side of the Peninsula and is not unlike the Formosan race 

 Sc. thaiwanensis centralis, certainly supports this view. 



With the advent of more material the occurrence of Sc. erythraeus 

 and Sc. c. griseopectus on the Peninsula will need further careful 

 consideration. 



The present series is very uniform and shows no variation, either 

 in the shade of the chestnut colour, which is dark as in Sc. erythraeus, 

 or in the extent of the chestnut area. 



19. SCI L RUS VITTATUS, RAFFLES. 



Sciurus vittatus, Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc, xiii., p. 259 (1822); 

 Bonh., op. cit., p. 22; id., P.Z.S., 1906 (1), p. 5. 

 Sciurus notatus, Bodd., Flower, op. cit., p. 358. 



n. -d. m. m. Gunoiig- Tahau. 3,300 ft. June, 1905. 



e. m. Kuala Tembeling, Pahang River. 200 ft. 26th August, 1905. 



Ill my paper, this year, on Mr. Kloss' collection, I have gone into 

 the supposed forms of this species so thoroughly that there is nothing 

 more to add. These specimens all show the red tip to the tail and 

 some are slightly greyer than others, especially on the tail. 



[I have elsewhere commented on the curious fact that on the 

 eastern side of the Peninsula this species is confined mainly to the 

 jungle, while Sc. con color is the common village Squirrel, though on the 

 western side exactly the reverse obtains. — H. C. K.] 



20. FUNAMBULUS CNSIGNTS PENINSULA, Miller. 



Funambulus peninsulse, Miller, Smithsonian. Misc., Coll., xlv., 

 p. 25 (1903). 



Funambulus insignis peninsulse, Mill., Bonh., P.Z.S., 1906 (1), 

 p. 7. 



Funambulus insignis (P. Cuvier) ; Flower, op. cit., p. 360. 

 a. /. Kuala Tembeling, Pahang River. 200 ft. 21st August, 1905. 



In default of further material I place this example under Mr. 

 Miller's name. It agrees exactly with those recently sent home by 

 Mr. Kloss. 



[Of five specimens in the Selangor Museum collected at various 

 places from Southern Perak to Negri Sembilan and in height from 

 about 200 ft. to nearly 4,000 ft., I find that one from Bukit Kutu, 

 Selangor, 3,000 ft., collected in August, differs from the rest in being 

 much more rufescent above and in having the under surface, which 

 in the other specimens is nearly white, strongly rufescent, especially in 

 the region of the thighs, which approach golden orange in colour. 

 The greyer, white specimens are indistinguishable from the form 

 described by Mr. Bonhote as F. insignis jalorensis from Bukit Besar 

 in the Patani States. 



